Lessons Learned (and Not)
By Katy Briggs | May 27, 2010If I let this opportunity to make a pun about using this story for The MIRROR as an opportunity to REFLECT slip through my fingers I will never forgive myself.
If I let this opportunity to make a pun about using this story for The MIRROR as an opportunity to REFLECT slip through my fingers I will never forgive myself.
What authority do I have to tell you how to get ideas, you might ask? Aside from my foolproof inventions such as flavored buffered aspirin for injured pets (Hamerin) and the ever popular worm suit (want to cut back on unnecessary casket or cremation costs?
While looking for another never-fail Father's Day gift at Traditionally Trendy, you might notice strange segments of the merchandise that bear the same Dartmouth green but a foreign crest.
Do you think you know yourself? Sure you know you're an extrovert-sensing-thinking-judgement type.
Did you know that there's a public meditation garden in Hanover looking over the Connecticut? If not, I'm not going to tell you where it is.
It's been a pretty long time since I formed my initial expectations of college, but I do remember a few clearly:1.
Peter Carini, college archivist, can show you Daniel Webster's socks or shards from the goalpost that exuberant fans ripped down when Dartmouth beat Yale in the famous Jinx game of 1935.
Mr. Zuckerberg, you have created a monster. The appropriate use of social networking along with the economic downturn, global health care inadequacies and climate change has become one of the great hurdles facing our generation.
Dear Katy, Okay, so there's this boy that I really like who I see at the gym every week (I guess we're just on the same schedule, but don't you think that's kind of a sign?). Last week, I even skipped an X-hour to make sure I wouldn't miss him.
Aryeh Drager / The Dartmouth Staff After strapping on your head lamp, tying up your hiking boots and tightening your backpack in preparation for your freshman DOC trip, did you tearfully give your friends good bye hugs and kisses, or did you see your departure as an opportunity to ditch the ball and chain and move on to bigger and better things?